Etienne-Francois Letourneur

Etienne-Francois Letourneur (15 March 1751-4 October 1817) was one of the founding members of the French Directory during the French Revolution.

Biography
Etienne-Francois Letourneur was born in Granville, Manche, France on 15 March 1751, and he studied at a military school. In 1792, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly, and he voted for the execution of King Louis XVI of France in 1793. On 2 November 1795, he was elected to the Council of Ancients and was named as one of the leaders of the new French Directory, only to be forced to leave office in April 1797 after drawing lots with the other directors. He continued to hold political offices under the French Consulate of Napoleon Bonaparte, and he was exiled to Belgium in 1815 after the Bourbon Restoration. He died in Brussels in 1817.